fable
Old French
noun
Definitions
- fable, story
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fabula (story, tale).
Origin
Latin
fabula
Gloss
story, tale
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fable English
- fabledom English
- fablelike English
- fabler English
- fabula English
- outfable English
- semifable English
- fabuloida Finnish
- fabula Latin
- fabulor Latin
- fabulosus Latin
- fābula Latin
- favola Italian
- fiaba Italian
- fola Italian
- fabel Dutch, Flemish
- fabelachtig Dutch, Flemish
- fabeldier Dutch, Flemish
- fabelkunde Dutch, Flemish
- fabelleer Dutch, Flemish
- fabelwezen Dutch, Flemish
- chantefable French
- fable French
- фабула Russian
- fabla Spanish, Castilian
- fábula Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- fabel Norwegian Bokmål
- fable Norwegian Bokmål
- fábula Portuguese
- fabel Swedish
- fabuła Polish
- fabel Norwegian Nynorsk
- fable Norwegian Nynorsk
- fabel Danish
- fablo Esperanto
- faula Catalan, Valencian
- fabúla Icelandic
- fabel Indonesian
- fabele Middle Dutch
- fáball Old Irish
- fabel Middle High German
- fala Old Portuguese
- fabla Occitan
- faula Occitan
- *fāðlā Proto-Italic
- fala Asturian
- fabla Old Spanish
- faule Bourguignon